This Might Not Be Thaaaaaaat Bad

After a few days of roaming the streets in a three block radius of my dorm, I finally ventured out a little bit further. The main thing that pushed me out of my dorm and my classroom building was the sun. You read right. Poland has sun and I got to see it (for one day that is). I think it will be easier if I just list my adventures and thoughts:

1. I walked further out in the city and found a wonderful market which I decided is going to be where I get my fruits and veggies every Saturday morning. That's when I really felt that I was in Europe. The cool thing about Poznan is that it is a Polish town with a lot of German flair to it so all the architecture is very original and very European. Here are a few pictures!

Turns out this is a hospital...pretty neat

I need a balcony like that!

My signature pose. Had to do it.

2. I am going out to dinner and drinks with some people that I met so I'm very excited about that because I have yet to experience the night life here in Poznan. I am also having dinner with my grandma's sisters' granddaughter (ha seriously) because she lives here and we have never met and my family thinks that I should meet her. So yes, we're grabbing dinner on Saturday after I go sightseeing with my "Rough Guide to Poland" book (yes I got one of those). My experiences TBA.

3. My bargaining skills have proved to be on their "A" game once again. I sold some dollars for Polish zloty for 6 zloty more than the listed price. I'm pretty sure it was the flip of the hair that got that one done. Andddd I had to unlock my phone because apparently Polish sim cards don't work on "locked" phones. With this discount, it must have been the pearly whites that did the trick.

4. Classes in general are looking very good. I'm dominating in both orgo and physics. That's right. Orgo and physics. Never thought I would say that. I have class from 8am until 7pm, but got out of taking Polish so I now have a three hour gap to run errands and check out parts of the city. I'm becoming closer friends with a few of them. One of the is Ania who is from Switzerland, but has Polish roots and the other one is Gosia and she's from Germany, but also has Polish roots. Status on the Norwegians segregating themselves...still happening. Although I think one of them smiled at me today. I think I'm making progress. Everyone here is very friendly and everyone helps each other out. However, it's very entertaining to see all the 6 year MD kids (usually 18 and just graduated high school) running around with beer in their hand and going out every night. Why? Because they finally can.

5. The following message showed up on my screen when I wanted to watch some hulu videos "We're sorry, but Hulu videos are not available in your region." What does that mean?! I'm in Poland, not in a third world country although I know many of you disagree with that. Not only does Hulu not work, Pandora doesn't either. It's fine. I'm not bitter. I just won't watch any of my favorite tv shows or be in touch with the music world. Not bitter.

I think that's all for now. Next blog: PICTURESSSSS!

<3 Olia